Re: Invaders from Mars

[Marvin Jones <72657.3276@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>It looks as though I have created a bit of an uproar with my recent 
>posting regarding the "Worst Films Ever Made" series at the Eastman 
>House, and specifically The Mask.  MY ERROR was including "Invaders 
>From Mars" on that list.  MY MISTAKE was in reading the article.  
>Instead of just announcing the "Worst Films", this article was 
>announcing the spring lineup of films in SEVERAL OTHER SERIES, 
.including their "Aliens" series, with "The Day the Earth Stood Still", 
>"Invasion From Mars", "It Came From Outer Space", and "War of the 
>Worlds". These were not intended to be considered as "Worst Films" in 
>any sense, and any confusion or consternation caused as a result  of MY 
>ERRONEOUS POSTING is entirely MY FAULT.

Okay, I'll take back everything I was thinking about the Eastman House film
schedulers. I was, in fact, VERY surprised to hear (erroneously) that they
supposedly lumped Invaders in with a list of "worst" films, since it is pretty
widely considered one of the classic films of the era, but as I said earlier,
many people whom you would assume to be more knowledgeable tend to lump all
sci-fi and horror films together and brand them all "bad". In fact, I once read
an article that lumped together "Robot Monster," "It Came From Outer Space" and
"Kiss Me Kate" as equally despicable examples of bad filmmaking because they
were all 3D, and all 3D was, of course, garbage!


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